| Last Update: April 29, 2001 at 10:15:00 | IP Address: 63.36.152.97 |
| Amplifier: | Pioneer Elite VSX-26TX |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | None |
| Speakers: | Magnepan 1.6QR (main) Magnepan CC1 (center) Magnepan MMG (rear) Sunfire True Sub Jr. (LFE) Yamaha YST-SW150 (Center Sub) |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Pioneer DV-C503 (DVD) |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | DHLabs Silver Sonic Bi-Wire 8' pair (main) DHLabs Silver Sonic Bi-Wire 6' (center) DHLabs Silver Sonic 20' Pair (rears) Audioquest interconnects for Coax: - between DVD and Receiver - between LD and Receiver - between Receiver and subs |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Monster Cable PowerCenter HTS1000 |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 12' x 18' x 8' |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | Carpet on wall for dampening behind center and mains |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Jazz (Diana Krall, Holly Cole, Patricia Barber) Hard Rock (Staind, Tool, APC) |
| System Goals/Comments: | Goal is to get a decent class B system. Bang for the buck. I started with the speakers, then moved to the wires and interconnects. It's time to work on the amplifier |
| System Strengths: | Sound and Imaging |
| System Weaknesses: | Starts to breakup over 85 db. Don't listen to it much over that, but with louder passages in movies (action scenes, etc) it happens |
| Video/HT System: Integrated | |
| TV/Projector: | Toshiba 32" (Upgrading when HDTV gets cheaper and more widely used) |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | See above |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | See above |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | Pioneer DV-C503 Pioneer CLD-D505 (LD) |